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Abstract

The grass family includes some 10,000 species, and it encompasses tremendous morphological, physiological, ecological, and genetic diversity. The phylogeny of the family is becoming increasingly well understood. There were two major radiations of grasses, an early diversification leading to the subfamilies Pooideae, Bambusoideae, and Oryzoideae, and a later one leading to Panicoideae, Chloridoideae, Centothecoideae, and Arundinoideae. The phylogeny can be used to determine the direction of changes in genome arrangement and genome size.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2005-2010
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume95
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 3 1998

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